Contents - Large Scale Photos of Wildlife in 2008

These are presented in the order in which the photos were taken

LARGE SCALE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 2008

Early Crocus - Crocus tommasinianus - on grass verge of St. Mary's Avenue, Wanstead on 22 January
Pot Marigold - Calendula officinalis - Warren Road, Wanstead, 22 January
Herb Robert - Geranium robertianum - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Common Chickweed - Stellaria media - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Spring Squill - Scilla verna - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Hairy Bittercress - Cardamine hirsuta - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Early Crocus - Crocus tommasinianus - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Yellow Garden Crocus - Crocus spp. (C. aureus) - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Winter Aconite - Eranthis hyemalis - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Snowdrop - Galanthus nivalis - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Red Dead-nettle - Lamium purpureum - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Daisy - Bellis perennis - City of London Cemetery, 26 January
Hybrid Daffodil - Narcissus spp. - Wanstead Park, 9 February
Lesser Celandine - Ranunculus ficaria - Wanstead Park, 9 February
Hazel - Corylus avellana - Bush Wood, 9 February
Sweet Violet - Viola odorata - Bush Wood south, 9 February
Gorse - Ulex europaeus - Wanstead Park , 9 February
Spring Starflower - Tristagma uniflorum - City of London Cemetery, 10 February
Bumble Bee - Bombus terrestris / lucorum - City of London Cemetery, 10 February
Honey Bee - Apis mellifera - City of London Cemetery, 13 February
Hoverfly - Episyrphus balteatus - City of London Cemetery, 13 February
Hoverfly - Eristalis tenax - City of London Cemetery, 13 February
Chusan Palm - Trachycarpus fortunei - Warren Road, Wanstead, 19 February
Good Friday Grass - Luzula campestris - City of London Cemetery,  21 February
Blackthorn - Prunus spinosa - Wanstead Flats, 9 March
Moss in March       sp. - City of London Cemetery, 15 March
Moss -  Bryum capillare - City of London Cemetery, 15 March
Dog-lichen - Peltigera polydactyla - Sewage Works site, 17 March
Roding Valley Way signposts - by the Sewage Works site,  21 March
Peacock - Inachis io - City of London Cemetery, 30 March
Hoverflys on 1st April - Capel Road garden, 1 April
May Blossom - Crataegus oxycanthoides - Wanstead Flats, 1 May
Cow Parsley and Bargeman's Cabbage - River Roding in the Exchange Lands, 12 May
Mute Swan - Seven cygnets on Heronry Pond, 12 May
Canada Goose - Goslings by Heronry Pond, 12 May
Green-veined White - Wanstead Park, 12 May
Mute Swan - Nine cygnets on Ornamental Water, Wanstead Park,  21 May
Young Coots - Shoulder of Mutton Pond, Wanstead Park, 30 May
Mute Swan - Four cygnets on Shoulder of Mutton Pond, Wanstead Park, 30 May
Thrift - Armeria maritima - City of London Cemetery, 1 June
Soldier Beetle - Cantharis fusca - Capel Road garden, 5 June
Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus - Exchange Lands, 13 June
Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator - a female egg-laying on the old Crematorium Pond, 18 June
Moth - Nemophora degeerella - Wanstead Park, 20 June
Hoverfly - Volucella zonaria - Blake Hall Meadow, 3 July
White Campion - Silene latifolia - Green Man roundabout, 3 July
Common Frog - Rana temporia - Perch Pond - 7 July
Comma- Polygonia c-album - Wanstead Park, 8 July
Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator - flying over the Roding, 16 July
Pyramidal Orchid - Anacamptis pyramidalis - Exchange Lands, 17 July
Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans - Wanstead Park, 29 July
Bat Roosts in Wanstead Park - 30 July
Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner damage - Cameraria ohridella - Wanstead Park, 1 August
Roesel's Bush Cricket - Metrioptera roeselii - Wanstead Flats, 1 August
Wasp Spider - Argiope bruenechii - by Alexandra Lake on Wanstead Flats, 1 August
Coot chicks - Fulica atra - 3 chicks on the Heronry Pond, Wanstead Park, 15 August
Unidentified Oak - Quercus sp. - City of London Cemetery, 30 August
Mute Swans - Cygnus - eight cygnets on the Ornamental Water, 1 September
Silver - Y - Autographa gamma - Sewage Works site, 26 September
Mute Swans - Heronry Pond pair - seeing their offspring off, 26 September 2008
Thorn Apple - Datura stramonium - Redbridge Field, 26 September
Floating Pennywort - Hydrocotyle ranunculoides - Perch Pond, 26 September
Fly Agaric - Amanita muscaria - Warren Wood, Wanstead Park, 2 October
Rosemary Beetle - Chrysolina americana - by Perch Pond, Wanstead Park, 6 October
Cormorants - Phalacrocorax aristotelis - Ornamental Water, Wanstead Park, 6 October
Hornet's nest - Amanita muscaria - by the Perch Pond, Wanstead Park, 11 October
Sweet Chestnut - Castania sativa - George Green, Wanstead, 14 October
"Fairy Bonnet" - sp. - George Green, Wanstead, 14 October
Beefsteak Fungus - Fistulina hepatica - George Green, Wanstead, 14 October
Pleated Inkcap - Coprinus plicatilis - George Green, Wanstead, 14 October

The Photographs

Unless otherwise stated, all the photographs were taken by Paul Ferris.